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Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
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Voice acting in Japan has far greater prominence than in most other countries. Japan's large animation industry produces 60% of the animated series in the world; as a result, Japanese voice actors, or , are able to achieve fame on a national and international level.Besides acting as narrators and...
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Direct-to-video animation
- 1983 DallosDallosis a Japanese science fiction OVA released in 1983, directed by Mamoru Oshii and created by Oshii and Hisayuki Toriumi . It is widely considered the first OVA ever released. The storyline focuses on Moon pioneers and the evolution of mankind.- Story :In a near future, mankind has moved from a...
- Melinda Hurst - 1985 Greed - Mimau
- 1985 Area 88Area 88is a Japanese manga series by Kaoru Shintani serialized between 1979 and 1986. The story is about a young pilot named Shin Kazama and his experiences at Area 88, a mercenary air force base secluded in the desert of a war torn country...
- Yasuda - 1985 Cream LemonCream Lemonis an erotic anime series with some in-depth storylines and classic artwork. The first Cream Lemon OVA was released in 1984, though Cream Lemon was not the first hentai OVA...
– Rio - 1985 Megazone 23Megazone 23is a four-part original video animation created by AIC, written by Hiroyuki Hoshiyama, and directed by Noboru Ishiguro, Ichiro Itano, Kenichi Yatagai and Shinji Aramaki. The series was originally titled but the title was changed just before release....
– Reina - 1985 The Karuizawa Syndrome - Kaoru Matsunuma
- 1986 The Humanoid – Antoinette
- 1987 Black Magic M-66Black Magic M-66is a cyberpunk manga written and illustrated by Masamune Shirow. It was first published as a dōjinshi in 1983, and was later reprinted in tankōbon format by Seishinsha in 1985....
– Sybil - 1987 Bubblegum CrisisBubblegum Crisisis a Japanese cyberpunk direct-to-video animated series. It displays strong influences from Blade Runner, also making occasional references to it.- Setting :...
– Sylia Stingray - 1987 Devilman: The Birth – Sirene
- 1987 Kaze to Ki no Uta – SANCTUSKaze to Ki no Utais a shōjo manga with yaoi themes by Keiko Takemiya. It was first published by Shougakukan from 1976 to 1984 in the magazine Shōjo Comic. In 1979, it was awarded the prestigious Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen/shōjo manga. The series is widely regarded as a shōnen-ai manga classic, being one of...
– Rosemarine - 1988 Mobile Police Patlabor – Shinobu Nagumo
- 1988 Mobile Suit SD GundamSuper Deformed Gundamis a series that spawned from the Gundam series. This series takes the mobile weapons and characters and express them in super deformed style.-Origins:...
– Haman Khan - 1988 Aim for the Ace! 2 – Reika Ryuuzaki
- 1988 Legend of the Galactic HeroesLegend of the Galactic Heroesis a series of science fiction novels by Yoshiki Tanaka. An anime adaptation of the novels by Artland ran from 1988 to 2000 as well as a manga based on the novels, with art by Katsumi Michihara...
– Frederica Greenhill - 1989 Aim for the Ace! Final Stage – Reika Ryuuzaki
- 1989 Crusher JoeCrusher Joeis a series of science fiction light novels by Haruka Takachiho and released by Asahi Sonorama from 1979 to 1983. During the late 1970s one of the founding fathers of Studio Nue, Takachiho decided that besides being a designer he would try his hand at penning novels...
– Tanya - 1989 Cleopatra DCCleopatra DCis a manga series by Kaoru Shintani about a fictional United States corporation, led by the beautiful and spirited Cleopatra Corns.Cleopatra, or Cleo as she's known to her friends, would much rather go on vacation in some exotic locale than concern herself with the business end of the Corns...
– Strange Woman - 1990 Cyber City Oedo 808Cyber City Oedo 808is a seminal Cyberpunk anime set in the year 2808 in the megalopolis of Oedo . It was directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri.- Plot :To combat computerised crime more effectively, the Cyber Police unit of the future Japanese city of Oedo has restarted the feudal practice of hōmen , employing hardened...
– Sarah - 1990 Guardian of Darkness – Sayoo(m)ko Matsura
- 1990 SD Gundam GaidenSuper Deformed Gundamis a series that spawned from the Gundam series. This series takes the mobile weapons and characters and express them in super deformed style.-Origins:...
– Sorceress Qubeley - 1990 Patlabor The Mobile Police: The New Files – Shinobu Nagumo
- 1990 Record of Lodoss WarRecord of Lodoss Waris a franchise of fantasy novels by Ryo Mizuno based around the work he originally created for a world called Forcelia for role-playing games . There have since been multiple manga, anime and computer game adaptations, several of which have been translated into English...
– Karla - 1990 CB Chara Nagai Go WorldCB Chara Nagai Go Worldis an original video animation based in the works of Go Nagai. It was originally released from to in three episodes. Following the same concept, a oneshot manga by Nagai was released in 1992....
– Sirene - 1991 RG VedaRG Vedais a manga created by Clamp, consisting of ten volumes in all. It was first published in Japan in 1989 as Clamp's debut manga. The story features elements of Vedic mythology; the title itself imitates Rigveda, the name of one of the four Vedas. The series is known for its extravagant and richly...
- Karura-Ō - 1991 Bubblegum CrashBubblegum Crashis a three-part original video animation sequel to Bubblegum Crisis.After the split between Artmic and Youmex, Artmic proceeded to make a sequel on their own, Bubblegum Crash, which ran three OVA episodes and is conjectured that it was a shortened version of how Crisis was to end...
– Sylia Stingray - 1991 Condition Green – Paula
- 1991 Super Deformed Double Feature – Sylia Stingray
- 1991 Moonlight's Earring – Takao Reseinji
- 1991 Ninja Gaiden – Sara
- 1993 Super Dimension Century Orguss 02 – Miran
- 1994 Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-OhkiTenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohkiis a twenty episode collection of OVAs produced by AIC, initially released in Japan in 1992. The first two OVA series were later licensed and distributed in North America by Pioneer LDC, with FUNimation Entertainment taking over the rights for the third series.The distribution of the first OVA...
– Misaki - 1995 Golden BoyGolden Boy (manga)is a Japanese manga series by Tatsuya Egawa about a 25-year-old freeter, pervert, and "travelling student" named Kintaro Oe . The manga was originally serialized in Shueisha's Super Jump starting in 1992, with the first collected volume released the following year...
– Kogure’s girlfriend - 1996 Special Duty Combat Unit ShinesmanSpecial Duty Combat Unit Shinesmanis a Japanese anime OVA. It was released in Japan on February 21, 1996. It was written, based on the manga by Kaimu Tachibana, by Hideki Sonoda, and directed by Shinya Sadamitsu. The character designer was Akiharu Ishii. The video was produced by Gakken, Aniplex Inc., and Movic...
– Kyoko Sakakibara - 1996 Power DoLLS – Deborah Hughes
- 1996 Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS TeamMobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Teamis an original video animation anime series in the Gundam franchise. Released from January 25, 1996, to April 25, 1999, the 11-episode series details the adventures of an Earth Federation Space Force ground unit during the One Year War - specifically before the original 1979 Gundam series and into...
– Topp - 1996 Blue Seed BeyondBlue Seedis a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuzo Takada. The plot is based on the Izumo cycle of Japanese mythology and the tale of the god Susanoo and the eight-headed monster Yamata no Orochi. The main character, Momiji Fujimiya, is a descendant of the mythical . When Japan is menaced...
- Azusa Matsudaira - 1999 Sol Bianca: The LegacySol Bianca: The Legacyis a 1999 miniseries of six episodes loosely based on the original Sol Bianca and employing computer generated animation. This version is a re-imagining of the ship and crew of Sol Bianca, and does not follow the continuity of the original...
– Feb Fall - 2001 Zone of the Enders: 2167 IdoloZOE: 2167 IDOLOZone of the Enders: 2167 Idolo is an hour long Original Video Animation, set as a prequel to the original Zone of the Enders game. It serves to explain the war between Earth and Mars, and the origin of the Orbital Frame technology. The events also lead into the TV series ZOE: Dolores, i.In the...
– Rachel Links - 2003 Moeyo Ken – Oryo
- 2006 Hellsing Ultimate – Sir Integra
- 2008 Cobra the Animation: The Psychogun – Armaroid Lady
- 2009 Cobra the Space Pirate: Time Drive – Armaroid Lady
Television series
- 1981 Six God Combination GodmarsSix God Combination Godmarsis a popular anime series that aired from 1981 to 1982 in Japan, Hong Kong, and Italy with 64 episodes. Other loosely translated names are "Hexademon Symbiote God Mars", "Six God Union God Mars", and "Six Gods United As One Being"; sometimes spelling the title mecha as Godmars-Original story:In...
– Flore - 1981 Urusei YatsuraUrusei Yatsurais a comedic manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi that premiered in Weekly Shōnen Sunday in 1978 and ran until its conclusion in 1987. Its 374 individual chapters were collected and published in 34 tankōbon volumes. The series tells the story of Ataru Moroboshi, and the alien...
– Otama - 1982 Space Adventure Cobra – Armaroid Lady
- 1983 Cat's Eye – Mitsuko Asatani
- 1984 God MazingerGod Mazinger, also known as is an anime, manga and novel series created by manga artist Go Nagai. The anime aired on Japanese TV from to in the network Nippon Television with 23 episodes. The manga was originally published in tankōbon format by Shogakukan in 4 volumes published in , , and respectively....
– Aira - 1984 Yoroshiku Mechadock – ???
- 1984 Mori no Tonto-tachi – ???
- 1985 Dancouga – Super Beast Machine GodDancouga – Super Beast Machine Godis a super robot anime television series. The show ran for 38 episodes from 4 April 1985 to 17 December 1985 and was produced by Ashi Productions...
– Reimi - 1985 Mobile Suit Zeta GundamMobile Suit Zeta Gundamis a television anime, part of the Gundam series and a sequel to the original Mobile Suit Gundam. The show was created and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, with character designs by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, while the series' mechanical designs is split amongst Kunio Okawara, Mamoru Nagano, and Kazumi Fujita...
– Haman Khan, Mouar Pharaoh - 1986 Maison IkkokuMaison Ikkokuis a Japanese seinen manga written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi and serialized in the manga magazine Big Comic Spirits from 1980 through 1987. Maison Ikkoku is a bitter-sweet comedic romance involving a group of madcap people who live in a boarding house in 1980s Tokyo...
– Ayako - 1986 Mobile Suit Gundam ZZMobile Suit Gundam ZZis a TV series aired on Japanese TV from 1986–1987, was the third Gundam series, and a direct follow up to Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam. Director Yoshiyuki Tomino returned to lead the series, and he assembled a new team consisting of character designer Hiroyuki Kitazume, who had been one of Zeta...
– Haman Kharn - 1987 Kimagure Orange RoadKimagure Orange Road, usually abbreviated as KOR, is a popular shōnen romantic comedy manga and anime series from the 1980s.Written by Izumi Matsumoto and serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump, it was later adapted into an anime series broadcast on Nippon Television, animated by Studio Pierrot and directed by...
– Madoka's mother - 1987 Mami The EsperEsper Mamiis a manga created by Fujiko Fujio in 1977 and serialized in Shōnen Big Comic. It was later adapted into an anime series.-Plot:Mami Sakura used to be a normal junior high school student, but she happened to acquire supernatural powers. Using her powers and with the help of her best friend, Mr....
– Mama - 1988 City Hunter 2City Hunteris a hardboiled manga series written and illustrated by Tsukasa Hojo, published by Shueisha in the Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1985 to 1991. The manga was adapted into an animated television series by Sunrise Studios in 1987...
– Tachiki Sayuri - 1988 Go! AnpanmanAnpanmanis one of the most popular anime cartoon series for young children in Japan. , the titular Anpanman is the most popular fictional character among people age 0 to 12 years in Japan in 10 consective years, according to research by Bandai. The series is written by Takashi Yanase, a Japanese writer of...
- Maki - 1989 Eriko The Legendary IdolIdol Densetsu Erikois a Japanese anime series by Ashi Productions. It ran in Japan from 1989 until 1990, spanning 51 episodes. The story has been adapted into a 3-volume manga series by Ayumi Kawahara.The main character, Eriko Tamura, is actually a Japanese idol in real life...
– Ryoko Asagiri - 1989 Blue Blink – ???
- 1989 Konchū Monogatari: Minashigo Hutch – Mama
- 1989 Patlabor: The TV SeriesPatlabor: The TV Seriesis an anime television series, created by Sunrise, based on the Patlabor anime franchise.With success of the first movie, Patlabor became one of the first OVAs to be ported to TV. Originally planned for 24 episodes, , the series was extended twice...
– Shinobu Nagumo - 1990 Yoko Youkoso The Legendary Idol – Keiko Matsushima
- 1994 Blue SeedBlue Seedis a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuzo Takada. The plot is based on the Izumo cycle of Japanese mythology and the tale of the god Susanoo and the eight-headed monster Yamata no Orochi. The main character, Momiji Fujimiya, is a descendant of the mythical . When Japan is menaced...
– Azusa Matsudaira - 1995 Sailor Moon Super SSailor MoonSailor Moon, known as , is a media franchise created by manga artist Naoko Takeuchi. Fred Patten credits Takeuchi with popularizing the concept of a team of magical girls, and Paul Gravett credits the series with "revitalizing" the magical-girl genre itself...
- 1995 Fushigi Yûgi - The Mysterious PlayFushigi Yugi, also known as Curious Play, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yu Watase. Shogakukan published Fushigi Yûgi in Shōjo Comic in its original serialized form from May 1992 through June 1996. Viz Media released the manga series in English in North America starting in 1999...
– Shouka - 1996 KodochaKodochais a manga series by Miho Obana, helped periodically by her sister, Kaori Obana. The series is commonly known under the name Kodocha. The manga won the 1998 Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo. In the year 2007, At the American Anime Awards the anime was nominated for best comedy anime...
– Michelle - 1996 Sailor Moon Sailor StarsSailor MoonSailor Moon, known as , is a media franchise created by manga artist Naoko Takeuchi. Fred Patten credits Takeuchi with popularizing the concept of a team of magical girls, and Paul Gravett credits the series with "revitalizing" the magical-girl genre itself...
– Queen Nehelenia - 1996 You're Under Arrest – Kaoruko Kinoshita
- 1996 The Vision of EscaflowneThe Vision of Escaflowneis a 26-episode Japanese anime television series produced by Sunrise Studios and directed by Kazuki Akane. It premiered in Japan on April 2, 1996 on TV Tokyo, with the final episode airing on September 24, 1996. Sony's anime satellite channel, Animax also aired the series, both in Japan and on its...
– Varie - 1997 Clamp School – Casablanca
- 1997 Don't Leave Me Alone, DaisyDon't Leave Me Alone, Daisyis a 1986 manga series that was adapted into an anime series from Studio DEEN in 1997. It was licensed for release in the US by Bandai and released in 2000 as a two-disc set with only subtitles. The series is currently unlicensed and out-of-print.-Plot:...
– Mother - 1998 Princess NinePrincess NinePrincess Nine, or , is a 26-episode Japanese anime broadcast in Japan in 1998. The television series was produced by Phoenix Entertainment in Japan, released by ADV Films in North America, aired from April 8 to October 14, 1998 on NHK, ran for 26 episodes, and six volumes of the series were...
– Keiko Himuro - 1998 Fancy LalaFancy LalaFancy Lala, known in Japan as is a magical girl anime series produced by Studio Pierrot in 1998. A two-volume manga adaptation by Rurika Kasuga ran in Ribon. The original designs were created by Akemi Takada, who worked on many of the 80's Studio Pierrot series...
– Mamiko Shinohara - 2001 HellsingHellsing (TV series)is a Japanese anime television series based on Kouta Hirano's manga series of the same name. The series is directed by Umanosuke Iida, from a screenplay by Chiaki Konaka, and produced by the Gonzo animation studio...
– Sir Integra - 2002 Tenchi Muyo! GXPTenchi Muyo! GXPis a Japanese anime series created by AIC and broadcast on NTV from April 3, 2002 to September 25, 2002. It is the fourth installment of the Tenchi Muyo! line of series, succeeding Tenchi in Tokyo, localized in North America by Funimation.-Plot:...
– Misaki Masaki Jurai - 2003 Chrono CrusadeChrono Crusade, also known as Chrno Crusade due to a typo in the original logo, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Daisuke Moriyama. It was originally published by Kadokawa Shoten in Dragon Magazine which began serialization in November 1998. A 24-episode anime television series based on the...
– Kate Valentine - 2004 Sgt. FrogSgt. FrogSgt. Frog, known in Japan as , is a manga series by Mine Yoshizaki. It was later serialized into a TV anime series directed by Junichi Sato. Both the anime and manga are comedies that follow the attempts of a platoon of frog-like alien invaders to conquer Earth...
– Oka Nishizawa - 2004 Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG – Yoko Kayabuki
- 2005 Moeyo KenMoeyo Kenis a novel by Japanese author Ryōtarō Shiba. It dramatizes the life of Hijikata Toshizō, a member of the Shinsengumi, active in Japan during the bakumatsu ....
– Oryou - 2005 Tide-Line BlueTide-Line Blueis a Japanese anime series by Bandai Visual and Telecom Animation Film.-Background:Tide-Line Blue is set after an environmental disaster later called the "Hammer of Eden" has submerged 90% of the Earth under water and taken six billion lives. The series begins fourteen years after that event with...
– Aoi - 2009 Inuyasha: The Final ActInuYasha, also known as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. It premiered in Weekly Shōnen Sunday on November 13, 1996 and concluded on June 18, 2008...
– Sesshōmaru's Mother - 2009 Kiddy GiRL-ANDKiddy Girl-andis a 2009 sequel to the science fiction anime series Kiddy Grade, created by gímik and Satelight and directed by Keiji Gotoh. The manga adaptation , illustrated by Yukari Higa, has been running in Comp Ace since the May 2009 issue, and the first tankōbon was released on 26 September...
– Arnice - 2010 Cobra The Animation – Armaroid Lady
- 2010 Highschool of the DeadHighschool of the Deadis a manga series written by Daisuke Satō and illustrated by Shōji Satō. The story follows a group of high school students caught in the middle of a zombie apocalypse...
- Yuriko Takagi - 2011 NichijouNichijouis a Japanese comedy manga by . The manga began serialization in the December 2006 issue of Kadokawa Shoten's manga magazine Shōnen Ace, and was also serialized in Comptiq between the March 2007 and July 2008 issues. An anime adaptation by Kyoto Animation aired in Japan between April and September...
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Animated Feature Films
- 1982 Space Adventure Cobra – Armaroid Lady
- 1983 Urusei Yatsura: Only You – Elle
- 1984 Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind – Lady Kushana
- 1987 Bats & Terry – Aya
- 1988 Maison Ikkoku: The Final ChapterMaison Ikkokuis a Japanese seinen manga written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi and serialized in the manga magazine Big Comic Spirits from 1980 through 1987. Maison Ikkoku is a bitter-sweet comedic romance involving a group of madcap people who live in a boarding house in 1980s Tokyo...
- Kuroki - 1988 Mami The Esper: Dancing Doll of the Starry SkyEsper Mamiis a manga created by Fujiko Fujio in 1977 and serialized in Shōnen Big Comic. It was later adapted into an anime series.-Plot:Mami Sakura used to be a normal junior high school student, but she happened to acquire supernatural powers. Using her powers and with the help of her best friend, Mr....
– Mama - 1989 Patlabor: The Movie – Shinobu Nagumo
- 1990 Go! Anpanman: Baikinman no GyakushuuAnpanmanis one of the most popular anime cartoon series for young children in Japan. , the titular Anpanman is the most popular fictional character among people age 0 to 12 years in Japan in 10 consective years, according to research by Bandai. The series is written by Takashi Yanase, a Japanese writer of...
– Tekka no Makichan - 1993 Patlabor 2: The Movie – Shinobu Nagumo
- 1999 You're Under Arrest: The Movie – Kaoruko Kinoshita
- 1998 Galaxy Express 999: Eternal FantasyGalaxy Express 999is a manga written and drawn by Leiji Matsumoto, as well as various anime films and TV series based on it. It is set in a space-faring, high-tech future in which humans have learned how to transfer their minds into mechanical bodies, thus achieving practical immortality.The manga won the...
– Helmazaria - 1999 The Digimon Adventure – Taichi's Mother
- 2000 Blue Remains – Myazamik
- 2000 The Mini Pato – Shinobu Nagumo
- 2004 Ghost in the Shell 2: InnocenceGhost in the Shell 2: InnocenceGhost in the Shell 2: Innocence, known simply as in japan, is a 2004 science fiction film and sequel to the anime film, Ghost in the Shell. Released in Japan on March 6, 2004, with an U.S. release on September 17, 2004, Innocence had a production budget of approximately $20 million...
– Harraway - 2004 Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: A New Translation – Haman Khan
- 2006 Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: Solid State Society – Yoko Kayabuki
- 2008 The Sky CrawlersThe Sky Crawlers (film)is a 2008 Japanese anime film, directed by Mamoru Oshii. It is an adaptation of Hiroshi Mori's novel of the same name. It was released across Japanese theatres by Warner Bros. Japan on August 2, 2008. Animated by Production I.G, the film was written by Chihiro Itō, featuring character designs by...
– Towa Sasakura - 2009 Psalms of Planets Eureka Seven: Pocket Full of Rainbows – Old Anemone